Lyrical prose

Lyrical prose is a kind of lyric epic genre , prose with a weakened plot , an increased-emotional structure of speech, the predominant author’s self, up to the intonations of the author’s confession. In the works of this genre, the personal, subjective principle acts as the basis for the artistic embodiment of reality. Compositional forms of lyrical prose: epistolary, diary, autobiographical, travel, essay. Famous works in this genre are I. A. Bunin , K. G. Paustovsky , V. A. Soloukhin , A. de Saint-Exupery .

In the 19th century , V.G. Belinsky , P.V. Zasodimsky , N.N. Zlatovratsky , A.M. Skabichevsky , and others dealt with questions of the genre and style features of lyrical prose, its artistic specificity, the determination of its place among other genres. in the first place, Narodnik writers. In the XX century, their work was continued by M. B. Khrapchenko , B. O. Korman , L. Ya. Ginzburg , S. I. Kormilov , V. M. Zhirmunsky , A. P. Elyashevich, and others. Critics and art historians believed that the origins of lyricism of Russian literature lie in oral folklore, in folklore, in connection with the history of Russia, in people's destiny, and these features determine the characteristics of Russian lyrical prose ^[1] .